Pair of GBC students represented Ontario at the 2023 Skills Canada National Competition after winning gold at the provincial competition. George Brown College (GBC) had an increased presence at the 2023 Skills Ontario and won five medals. Competitors from the Centre for Hospitality and Culinary Arts won a gold and silver medal for Baking, another…
Departments can put a team together to play in fun day against colleagues. The annual GBC Staff Softball Tournament between teams from various departments of the college is back again this year. A long-time tradition at GBC, the tournament was first started by the Athletics department over a decade ago. It is now organized every…
Nursing and PSW students are eligible to apply for $10,000 tuition reimbursement from the BEGIN program. The Registered Practical Nurses Association of Ontario’s (WeRPN) Bridging Educational Grant in Nursing (BEGIN) program is offering nursing students up to $10,000 per year in tuition reimbursements. The tuition grant is provided to students who are enrolled in or…
The Annual Student Association Pride picnic is back this week in celebration of Pride Month 2023. The picnic will be hosted at the three major campuses – June. 20 at St James campus, June. 21 at Waterfront, and June. 22 at Casa Loma. Pride month is celebrated in June every year where 2SLGBTQIA+ communities and…
College flag raising marks the start of Pride Month and return of annual SA event. The Progress Pride flag was raised at the St. James Campus’s 200 King St. E. building on June 1, marking the start of Pride Month 2023. A group of students, staff, and faculty gathered at Waterfront campus to view a…
The Student Nutrition Access Program (SNAP) is bringing back its community garden program. The program was shut down during the pandemic and is returning this semester with a new and more interactive layout. The garden, located at the Casa Loma campus, will allow students a space to plant vegetables or learn gardening, and also relax…
Exciting activities that GBC community enjoy, are a thrill for the man who plans them. Long-time staff of George Brown College’s (GBC) campus shipping and receiving department, John Valle, has been coordinating games and activities for the staff and students for about seven years now. Valle took over the responsibilities of coordinating the annual GBC…
Limberlost Place received the 2023 Research and Innovation in Architecture Award from the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada (RAIC) recently. The building has been gaining attention through media coverage and numerous other awards mainly for the innovation it projects through its mass timber construction and net-zero carbon emissions. Nerys Rau, project director of the…
The George Brown School of Design returned with their Year End Show (YES!) from May. 3 to 5 after a three-year gap. Over the course of the event, students showcased their final projects and attended workshops and panel discussions at the Waterfront Daniel’s building. Graduating students from various programs presented their final projects as exhibits…
Veterans make up cast of play set to premiere in honour of Mental health awareness week. Soldier in the Arts (SITA) is observing Mental Health Awareness Week this year with performances of two plays at the Alumnae Theatre in downtown Toronto. The shows ‘I Found my Horn’ and ‘Tunnel at the end of the Light’…
Former director of communications and internal reflects on his time at the Student Association Sri Krishna Rajan served in various capacities on the Student Association’s (SA) board of directors for the last three years. Ending his time at the SA as the director of communications and internal, Rajan shares that his time on the board…
An event specific to international students at GBC and their hunt for a Canadian career. StartGBC along with Orbit 5 is bringing international students at GBC an event to help them find their dream job. FutureMakers 2023: Student networking summit, is designed to help international students build good resumes, elevate their networking skills, and establish…
